Following Ottoman military failures in the First Balkan War, Grand Vizier Kâmil Pasha was overthrown by a CUP-led coup in January 1913.

[1] Kâmil Pasha was hostile to the CUP, and had been determined to use his appointment to destroy the party.

The Entente was also weakened as the Empire lost territory in the Balkans, where many of its Christian supporters were based.

When Hama was due to vote, two-thirds of the voters refused to report to the polling station in protest at the conduct of the Homs election.

Similar boycotts occurred in Acre due to irregularities in Safed and Tiberias.